Childress inducted into Hall of Fame

Childress

Childress

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

— Dan Childress, former teacher and coach in Gentry, will be inducted into the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame at special ceremonies in Baton Rouge on Jan. 26, 2011.

Childress, according to the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Web site, “competed in football, baseball and track for Ruston High from 1980-83 and led the Bearcats to the Class 4A state football title in 1982 while playingfor his father, Hall of Famer Chick Childress. Along the way, Childress set school records for attempts (475), completions (278), yardage (3,350) and touchdowns (29). In baseball, he was an outfielder and had aing Gentry’s teams into strong contenders - the girls took second in conference last year and advanced to quarterfinals in state - Childress left Gentry to coach at Rogers. But after his father suffered a stroke and Childress spent much of the fall helping him and his mother, he has decided to return to Louisiana to coach football again, as well as soccer.

three-year batting average of .356, including a .401 mark as a senior. He was a district track champion in the javelin.”

Childress coached in Gentry for five years, as head junior boys and seventh grade football coach and assistant varsity football coach and as head soccer coach.

After starting Gentry’s soccer programs and build-

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